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245 10 a| (Beyond) posthuman violenceh| [electronic resource] :b| epic rewritings of ethics in the contemporary novel /c| by Claudio Murgia.;

260 a| Wilmington, Delaware :b| Vernon Press,c| [2019];

300 a| xxxix, 183 pages ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| Series in literary studies;

500 a| "With an introduction by Thomas Docherty, University of Warwick"--Book jacket.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-180) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 8 a| " ... The individual is affected by a difficulty to communicate her metaphor machine to the Other, as if it were inexpressible. This work explores how the characters in the works of David Foster Wallace, Cormac MacCarthy, J. G. Ballard, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Maurice G. Dantec and China Mieville suffer from these limits of language and the constrictions of the Law. Through violence they look for their individual Voice, intended as their will-to-say, the 'pure taking place of language' (Agamben). In their struggle to be heard these characters are however deaf to the Voice of the Other. There is a need for a new Ethics of Narratives expressed through an Epic of the Voice founded on the will-to-listen, along the lines of the concept of the posthuman theorized by Rosi Braidotti. Here subjectivity is a process of constant autopoiesis dependent on the relationship the individual has with the Other and ... "--Back cover.;

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(Beyond) posthuman violence epic rewritings of ethics in the contemporary novel / by Claudio Murgia.

Author/creator	Murgia, Claudio
Other author	Docherty, Thomas, 1955-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2019]
Description	xxxix, 183 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Violence in literature. Fiction--20th century. --History and criticism. Metaphor in literature. Fiction--Social aspects. Literature and morals. Comparative literature. Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.

Series	Series in literary studies Series in literary studies. UNAUTHORIZED
Summary	" ... The individual is affected by a difficulty to communicate her metaphor machine to the Other, as if it were inexpressible. This work explores how the characters in the works of David Foster Wallace, Cormac MacCarthy, J. G. Ballard, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Maurice G. Dantec and China Mieville suffer from these limits of language and the constrictions of the Law. Through violence they look for their individual Voice, intended as their will-to-say, the 'pure taking place of language' (Agamben). In their struggle to be heard these characters are however deaf to the Voice of the Other. There is a need for a new Ethics of Narratives expressed through an Epic of the Voice founded on the will-to-listen, along the lines of the concept of the posthuman theorized by Rosi Braidotti. Here subjectivity is a process of constant autopoiesis dependent on the relationship the individual has with the Other and ... "--Back cover.
General note	"With an introduction by Thomas Docherty, University of Warwick"--Book jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-180) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019936109
ISBN	9781622736386 (paperback)
ISBN	1622736389 (paperback)

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